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Secretary-General, Marking United Nations Day, Hails Spain’s Active, Wide-Ranging Engagement in Shared Efforts to Build Better World for All

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet, to the event marking United Nations Day, today in Madrid:

Secretary-General, in Message to Dialogue of Civilizations, Calls for ‘Special Effort’ to Reach Youth Where They Live, Communicate, Share Ideas

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations, to the fifteenth session of the Dialogue of Civilizations, today at Oxford University, United Kingdom:

Delegates Praise Efforts of Scientific Committee, as Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution on Effects of Atomic Radiation

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More research into the effects of atomic radiation on humans, especially at low-dose rates, was urgently needed, speakers in the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) said today as it took up the issue this afternoon, unanimously approving a related draft resolution.